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  1. Snipes are the most widespread wintering waders in Britain & Ireland, occuring in 88% of 10-km squares, spanning a wide range of lowland and upland habitats, except for the highest parts of Scotland. Densities are highest in southwest Ireland, the Northern Isles and in the coastal margins of Britain & Ireland.

  2. Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Find out more snipe facts including their habitat, food and distribution.

  3. Common Snipe on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693097/155504420. 3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/707155. Basic facts about Common Snipe: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.

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  4. www.wildlifetrusts.org › birds › wading-birdsSnipe - The Wildlife Trusts

    A medium-sized wader, the snipe lives in marshes, wet grassland and moorlands, where it nests in simple scrapes. It uses its long, probing bill to find insects, earthworms and crustaceans in the mud, typically swallowing prey whole.

  5. Snipes are monogamous and breed from April to June. They build their nest on dry ground hidden amongst vegetation and covered with grass, and sedges. Snipes lay 4 dark olive eggs spotted with dark brown. The female incubates the eggs alone for 17-20 days. Both parents care and feed the chicks which fledge 19-20 days after hatching.

  6. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Id: Small, cryptically coloured wader with very long, straight bill, half as long as its body. Very fast wing-beats in level flight; zig-zags away in panicky escape-flight when flushed, gives kissing call. In fresh or brackish water, not found in the intertidal zone. The Snipe’s long, straight bill is the ...

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  8. Dur­ing their breed­ing sea­son, com­mon snipes are around the open fresh­wa­ter or brack­ish marsh­lands, swampy mead­ows, and marshy tun­dra, where veg­e­ta­tion is rich. Their habi­tat choices in the non-breed­ing sea­son are sim­i­lar to those in the breed­ing sea­son.

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